The analysis of beauty : written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste

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The analysis of beauty : written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste

William Hogarth

1753

Medium

Medium unknown

Dimensions

xxii, [2], 153, [5] pages, 2 folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; Height: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Watson Library copy: Gift of Mary C. Schlosser

Department

The Libraries

Rights

Public Domain

About William Hogarth

1697–1764 • Kingdom of Great Britain

Hogarth is best known for his satirical engravings. He was an important figure in the establishment of an English school of painting, both through the quality of his own work and through campaigns to improve the status of the artist in England. By publishing engravings after his own paintings, he showed other artists that they could be independent of wealthy patrons. Comment on works: Portraits; Genre

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